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Mar 26, 2010

Russia Will Only Buy Fully-Equipped Mistral from France – Gen. Makarov

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti:  The chief of the Russian General Staff said Thursday that Russia would only buy a fully-equipped Mistral-class amphibious assault ship from France. Russia is negotiating the purchase of a Mistral-class ship from France, worth 400-500 million euros (around $540-$675 million). Russia could also use French technology later to build another three such […]

NATOSource

Mar 26, 2010

Russian Nuclear Bombers “Intercepted in British airspace”

By CNN

From CNN: Rare photos of Russian strategic bomber jets purportedly intercepted in British airspace show Moscow’s war machine is becoming increasingly bold, analysts said Thursday as Russia denied any territorial violations. Britain’s Ministry of Defence released images it said were taken earlier this month of two Russian Tu-160 bombers — known as Blackjacks by NATO […]

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NATOSource

Mar 26, 2010

NATO Urges Missile Defense Pact, Cites Iran Threat

By Reuters

From Reuters:  NATO states should agree at a summit this year to make missile defense systems against states including Iran an alliance mission and look at every opportunity to cooperate on this with Russia, the head of NATO says. In a speech prepared for delivery at a conference in Brussels Saturday, alliance Secretary-General Anders Fogh […]

New Atlanticist

Mar 25, 2010

Merkel Holds Ground Against 5 PIIGS, Club Med

By James Joyner

“The debate in Germany over Greece is polluting the atmosphere and creating anti-European feeling,” charges former Belgian prime minister Guy Verhofstadt.   “In the space of a few weeks, we are destroying all our efforts to bring Europe closer together,” he laments. This is indeed a stunning departure from the 1990s, when a reunited Germany was […]

New Atlanticist

Mar 25, 2010

Ukraine’s ‘Prorizna Street Rebellion’ Shows Democracy Internalized

By Alexander Motyl

Ukrainians are keeping a wary eye on the new government of Viktor Yanukovych following his victory in the two-round presidential election of January-February 2010. Some of them are also setting him an example of what collective action in the public interest can mean – and in central Kyiv, just one block away from the site […]

Ukraine

NATOSource

Mar 25, 2010

START Compromise to Include Missile Defense

By the Cable

From the Cable: Russia had been stalling the last stage of the negotiations over the issue, holding fast to its position that missile defense must be included in some way in the new treaty. The U.S. side has insisted the treaty be confined only to offensive systems. Meanwhile, the old agreement, known as the Strategic […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Mar 25, 2010

Hoon Dropped From NATO Panel After Scandal

By CNN

From CNN: NATO has dropped former British Defense Secretary Geoff Hoon from a panel of policy experts after his involvement in a cash-for-lobbying scandal, a NATO spokesman said Thursday. Hoon and other members of the British Parliament were secretly filmed in a TV documentary offering to sell their government influence. The documentary, which aired Monday, […]

United Kingdom

NATOSource

Mar 25, 2010

WEU to be Disbanded

By the AFP

From the AFP: The Cold War-era Western European Union defence alliance, set up in the wake of World War II, is to cease functioning, its assembly’s head Robert Walter said on Wednesday. "The WEU as an organisation will be wound down within a year or so," said British parliamentarian Walter, who presides over the Paris-based […]

European Union International Organizations

NATOSource

Mar 25, 2010

NATO Rejects Russian Call for Afghan Poppy Spraying

By Reuters

From Reuters:  NATO on Wednesday rejected Russian calls for it to eradicate opium poppy fields in Afghanistan, saying the best way for Moscow to help control the drug would be to give more assistance against the insurgency. Russia’s anti-drugs czar, Victor Ivanov, met NATO ambassadors in Brussels and proposed that NATO troops be given a […]

NATOSource

Mar 24, 2010

Hoon Asked to Step Down From NATO Strategy Review Group

By Reuters

From Reuters: NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has asked former British defence secretary Geoff Hoon to step down from a group of experts drawing up NATO’s new mission statement after he was suspended from the Labour Party, a NATO spokesman said Wednesday. "It was the British government that nominated Mr Hoon to be one of […]

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